h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/2245561/National-Audit-Office-refuses-to-sign-off-Treasury-accounts.html

As usual, the government department denies there is a problem. Head in sand syndrome, methinks.

RF

Green gran spends 7p a day on energy bills

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/04/eagran104.xml

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=294

http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2288990,00.html

"The cinematic world was today celebrating the rediscovery of missing scenes from German director Fritz Lang's legendary silent film Metropolis - thought lost for 80 years, "

Ictoan, a common swearware censor on some MBs replaces with

Hug-a-hoody speechwriter mugged by hoodies

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4265550.ece

"My main memory is the spit-filled mouth of the little rat-faced boy who punched me."

Go on, he just needs a hug

Faceless 'aliens' spotted at various events

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031062/Faceless-aliens-spotted-crowd-Wimbledon.html

Are the Autons back?!

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-8218.html

Sorry for the PinkNews link. It's a ghastly site.

Anyway, 'McDonald's defiant as homophobes call for boycott'.

McDonald's are the good guys?

First David Davis and now this. I wish people would stop mucking about with my paradigm: it's getting unsettling.

Faceless 'aliens' spotted at various events

The bottom one (in the car with the chauffeur) looks like it could be Boris Becker, no?

I only recently learnt about the AFA, but every time I read a news story mentioning the AFA, I feel like puking...

The AFA are a bumgrape on the arse of humanity, taking succour from the gravy of the bum on which they reside.

Third tower mystery 'solved'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7491020.stm

What bothers me about this film is that it sounds like the bbc has edited the film by adding screams and calls as the building collapses. It just doesn't seem to 'fit' that people would react in that way to the third collapse.

Internet addressing agency loses its own addresses...


http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/07/04/icann-pwned.html


Some puckish CBC web-weaver named the html file, "icann-pwned"

"Ancient site of Pompeii declared a disaster zone"

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2008/07/05/pompeii-emergency.html

The head of the Church of Ireland has said if homosexuality is proven to be biologically predetermined then his church would have to allow gay unions.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7490997.stm

the Italian government seems to be moving a little slowly on that Pompeii disaster -- the victims have been waiting since 79 A. D.

Seriously, though, I'm glad I got there twenty-five years ago. This seemingly unavoidable neglect is the sad result of some nations having a wealth of archaeology which overwhelms all other forms of wealth.

I feel I must mention a news story which caught my attention today (at least one here will have noticed it as well):


'Hailing it as an "architectural treasure," Prime Minister Stephen Harper joined hundreds of guests as the biggest mosque ever built in Canada opened its doors on Saturday. . .

Harper was joined at the opening by several federal and provincial politicians, including Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion.'


http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2008/07/05/calgary-mosque.html

For those unfamiliar with Canadian politics, M. Dion is the Leader of the Opposition, while Mr. Harper leads a minority government, so, in effect, we are always on the verge of a snap election pitting these two against each other.

Could we imagine, for example, the two candidates for the U.S. presidency allowing themselves even to be seen at a mosque?

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0706/youth.html

An Australian-ased Catholic priest has criticised the large amount of money being spent on World Youth Day, calling it an embarrassment and a scandal for the Catholic church.

(sic).

TRiG.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/07/01/invisible.cloak/index.html

think theyve been reading to much harry potter??

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7492680.stm